receptor
IPA: risˈɛptɝ
noun
- (obsolete) One who receives something or someone; in particular, one who harbors a fugitive.
- (biochemistry, medicine) A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.
- (biology) Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.
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Examples of "receptor" in Sentences
- The receptor is closed.
- The structures shown are of the estrogen receptor.
- Estrogen receptors are demonstrable in the cytosol.
- The benzo receptor is not the same as other receptors.
- The receptor then directs the complex to the peroxisome.
- Cutaneous receptors are at the ends of afferent neurons.
- Affinity is the ability of the drug to bind to a receptor.
- An example of a phasic receptor is the Pacinian corpuscle.
- In sweat glands, the receptors are of the muscarinic type.
- It does not bind to the estrogen receptor or the mineralocorticoid receptor.
- A classic example of a receptor tyrosine kinase receptor is the insulin receptor.
- Indeed, the capsaicin receptor is a heat-activated ion channel in the pain pathway (Caterina et al. 1997).
- This receptor is then used in high-speed robotic tests to rapidly evaluate thousands of chemical compounds.
- As importantly, these data provided indirect evidence that the insulin receptor is located on the surface of fat cells.
- When the benzodiazepine receptor is stimulated, the sensitivity of the GABA receptor complex for GABA is increased and prolonged.
- The first module, which we call the receptor module, detects changes in environmental conditions to generate an intracellular signal.
- Meanwhile, my co-workers showed the tropism of the virus for CD4T cells and identified the CD4 surface molecule as the main receptor to the virus.
- Studies of depression in rats show that the 5HT1A receptor is involved in supplying neurons with the fuel they need to fire, as well as preventing them from breaking down.
- Arena Pharmaceuticals of San Diego, CA developed APD-356 (Lorcaserin), which selectively stimulates the 5-HT2C serotonin receptor, located in the hypothalamus (an appetite control center of the brain) [7].
- In a paper published this week in the New England Medical Journal, Jerry Greenfield and colleagues from the University of Cambridge (UK) present evidence suggesting that this receptor is also critical for blood pressure regulation and may help explain in part why obesity is commonly (but not always) associated with high blood pressure.
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